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perspective
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*in perspective
within a reasonable view or appraisal. (*Typically: be ~; get something ~; have something ~; put something [into] ~.) Let's try to keep everything in perspective. If we put the matter into perspective, I think we can discuss it reasonably.

*perspective on something

a way of looking at a situation and determining what is important. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; gain ~; give someone ~.) The jury did not have a good perspective on the crime since some of the evidence had to be ignored. Studying history gives one a perspective on the past.

from my perspective and from where I stand; from my point of view; the way I see it

Fig. in my own opinion. Mary: What do you think of all this? Tom: From my perspective, it is just terrible. Bob: From my point of view, this looks like a very good deal. Bill: That's good for you. I stand to lose money on it. Alice: From where I stand, it appears that you're going to have to pay a lot of money to get this matter settled. Sue: I'll pay anything. I just want to get all this behind me.
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Examples of Gerhard Richter's "Overpainted Photographs" introduced a tension between the illusory perspectival space of his "tourist" shots of Florence, and the physicality of the thick ridges of oil paint laid over their flat surfaces to both frame and obscure the view.
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Finally, perspectival integration emphasizes how the Christian worldview impacts the entire educational process, from the academic discipline to the university setting itself and beyond, where "disparate and even conflicting elements cohere as they fit into a larger framework of thought and practice" (p.
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He covers the nature of values, how they are experienced, the manner in which they are perspectival and relative, the meaning of a priori from a phenomenological standpoint, and the sense in which phenomenological ethics could be called a priori.
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